NOVANEWS
As far as JWPF’s Social Calendar Committee (SCC) can determine,Ann Arbor’s Jewish community has no plans for a Celebrate “Israel” Day event in May, typically held at the JCC. See last year’s protest of that event here. Instead, however, they plan to bring in a professional “Israel'” singer named Noa (no ark) at an event to be held April 17 at the Michigan Theater. Sixty five bucks gets you a reserved seat and an invite to “afterglow” with Noa following the performance.
Beth Israel isn’t alone in this shell game where the “house of worship“ card is played to in an attempt to trump the “political venue” ace. Others beside JWPF see this — our friends in Boulder, Colorado continue to hold non-violent protests at Bonai Shalom synagogue there, and our Chicago-based friends send us a politically-based photo from Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evanston.



